This year marks the 30th anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. playing his 2,131st consecutive game and setting new records.

Mexico’s U-8 baseball team beat the U.S. to win the Cal Ripken World Series on Sunday for the second time in three years.

Celebrities born on this date (Aug. 24): Rupert Grint, 37; John Green, 48; Dave Chappelle, 52; Cal Ripken Jr., 65.

Cal Ripken Jr., former Baltimore Orioles player, is on the field before the game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Houston Texans in the Divisional Round of the playoffs at M&&T Bank Stadium.

Cal Ripken Jr continues his playing streak, appearing in his 2,468th game in row, even though Baltimore Orioles are in slump, and Ripken has bad back and is in a hitting slump; photo (M) ...

Cal Ripken Jr., right, asked to move to the shortstop position by Alex Rodriguez, left, during the first inning of the baseball All-Star game July 10, 2001 at Safeco Field in Seattle.

Cal Ripken Jr. is hoping his latest announcement will inspire more people to get out and get regular checkups In true Ripken fashion, he’s using his cancer recovery as a way to inspire others.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Vi Ripken, matriarch of the famed Orioles family that includes Hall of Fame son Cal Ripken Jr. and once the victim of a bizarre kidnapping, has died. She was 82.

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Cal Ripken Jr continues his playing streak, appearing in his 2,468th game in row, even though Baltimore Orioles are in slump, and Ripken has bad back and is in a hitting slump; photo (M) ...

Vi Ripken, matriarch of the famed Orioles family that includes Hall of Fame son Cal Ripken Jr. and once the victim of a bizarre kidnapping, has died. She was 82.